Storm damage and a few other things.

In the past 48 hours we had storms with heavy winds and lots of rain, 1.97" to be exact, which made the course very wet and messy with tree litter and also washed out some bunkers. We spent today addressing the bunkers and starting to clean up a tree that fell behind #4 black tee. The bunkers took the worst of it, but the guys got around today and most of them are put back together and will be in great shape as they dry out more. The next few days look like they are going to be really nice, so the course should dry out pretty quickly and we can get off the paths and back to normal.

Tree that snapped off at #4.

Our irrigation computer has a pump log that shows how often the pressure maintenance(PM) pump runs. The irrigation system loses pressure over time, so normally the PM pump will run for about 30 seconds every 2.5 hours or so. Last week we noticed that it was running about every 45 minutes, so we knew we had a leak somewhere. We ended up finding the leak that day when I happened to drive through it as I was moving the cart arrows on #4. It is nice to have that pump log though, because if not for that we may have only found the leak when the pipe completely broke and was blowing out of the ground (not ideal). The fix wasn't a big deal and Joe got it done pretty quickly. I wanted to mention it because it is directly in the road for cart traffic when you are exiting #4 fairway. We have it staked off, so please just avoid it for a few more days until we get the stakes removed; it is ground under repair for now.

Leak at #4. You can see a small stream at the lower end of the pipe, which is the top of the picture.

Finally, I found a cutworm today on #6 green. We sprayed for cutworms and don't have any visible damage from them so this little guy, like the Annual Bluegrass weevil I found at the driving range, just survived the spray or stumbled onto the course on accident. We will continue to keep an eye out for any cutworm damage, but I'm sure we are fine.

Good luck in the summer shootout!

Ian